A study to evaluate the reproductive performance of Abergelle goat was carried out at Sekota District of Amhara National Regional State. On-farm flocks from two peasant associations were monitored for two years to collect data. Data collected included identification number of doe and kid, birth / kidding date, kid birth weight, sex of kid, post partum doe weight, litter size, parity of doe. Dat...

Post-partum haemorrhage is a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality. Numerous medical and surgical therapies have been used but none has been uniformly successful. Three cases which were managed successfully with brace suture following failure of medical management for post-partum haemorrhage are being presented. The ease and usefulness of this procedure as a life saving measure,...

a study to evaluate the reproductive performance of abergelle goat was carried out at sekota district of amhara national regional state. on-farm flocks from two peasant associations were monitored for two years to collect data. data collected included identification number of doe and kid, birth / kidding date, kid birth weight, sex of kid, post partum doe weight, litter size, parity of doe. dat...

Background: The hierarchical importance risk factors for post-partum depression is not wellknown. Aims: To determine the risk factors of PPD and their hierarchical importance for developing post-partum depression in a cross sectional study of women living in rural area of Isfahan province in Iran. Method: We assessed 6627 women in the 2-12 month after delivery for depression and for putative ri...

Pregnancy is a time of immense physiological and immunological change. Perhaps no organ system undergoes more adaptations then the cardiovascular. Increased cardiac output, increased intravascular volume, hyper coagulability, and decreased systemic vascular resistance, are four essential alterations [1]. Additionally, a rise in pulse rate of ten to twenty beats per minute is usually seen. Furth...

Background: The hierarchical importance risk factors for post-partum depression is not wellknown. Aims: To determine the risk factors of PPD and their hierarchical importance for developing post-partum depression in a cross sectional study of women living in rural area of Isfahan province in Iran. Method: We assessed 6627 women in the 2-12 month after delivery for depression and for putative ri...

Background and Objectives: Bizarre hypochondriacal delusion is an important content of delusion of pregnancy during post-partum period. Methods: Here we report two cases with postpartum delusion of pregnancy; one with pre-existing schizophrenia and another one with family history of pseudocyesis and schizoaffective disorder but with no pre-existing psychiatric illness. Results: Nosological, phe...

OBJECTIVE In pregnant women, the pituitary is enlarged and the prolactin (PRL) secreting cells increase in size and number. This PRL cell hyperplasia is associated with hyperprolactinemia. The aim of the present work was to investigate adenohypophysial vascularization and immunoexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pituitaries of pregnant and post-partum women and compare t...